Exact Match:
- firing line
- the most advanced and responsible group in an activity; "the firing line is where the action is"
- the line from which soldiers deliver fire
Synonyms:
- DMZ,
- aceldama,
- battle line,
- battle site,
- battlefield,
- battleground,
- combat area,
- combat zone,
- enemy line,
- field,
- field of battle,
- field of blood,
- front line,
- killing ground,
- landing beach,
- line,
- line of battle,
- seat of war,
- shambles,
- the front,
- theater,
- theater of operations,
- theater of war,
- zone of communications
Related Words:
- battlefield
collapse - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" related words >
- DMZ,
- aceldama,
- battle line,
- battle site,
- battleground,
- combat area,
- combat zone,
- enemy line,
- field,
- field of battle,
- field of blood,
- firing line,
- front line,
- killing ground,
- landing beach,
- line,
- line of battle,
- seat of war,
- shambles,
- the front,
- theater,
- theater of operations,
- theater of war,
- zone of communications
- Belsen,
- DMZ,
- abattoir,
- battle line,
- battle site,
- battlefield,
- battleground,
- butchery,
- combat area,
- combat zone,
- concentration camp,
- enemy line,
- field,
- field of battle,
- field of blood,
- firing line,
- front line,
- gas chamber,
- killing ground,
- landing beach,
- line,
- line of battle,
- seat of war,
- shambles,
- slaughterhouse,
- stockyard,
- the front,
- theater,
- theater of operations,
- theater of war,
- zone of communications
- DMZ,
- aceldama,
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- avant-garde,
- battle line,
- battle site,
- battlefield,
- battleground,
- beachhead,
- bridgehead,
- combat area,
- combat zone,
- enemy line,
- farthest outpost,
- field,
- field of battle,
- field of blood,
- firing line,
- first line,
- forefront,
- front,
- front rank,
- front-runner,
- killing ground,
- landing beach,
- line,
- line of battle,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precursor,
- railhead,
- scout,
- seat of war,
- shambles,
- spearhead,
- the front,
- theater,
- theater of operations,
- theater of war,
- van,
- vanguard,
- zone of communications
- shambles
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- a condition of great disorder related words >
- Augean stables,
- Belsen,
- DMZ,
- abattoir,
- aceldama,
- battle line,
- battle site,
- battlefield,
- battleground,
- bloodbath,
- blue ruin,
- botch,
- botchery,
- breakup,
- butchering,
- butchery,
- carnage,
- chaos,
- combat area,
- combat zone,
- concentration camp,
- consumption,
- damnation,
- decimation,
- depredation,
- desolation,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- destruction,
- devastation,
- disaster,
- disintegration,
- disorganization,
- disruption,
- dissolution,
- enemy line,
- field,
- field of battle,
- field of blood,
- firing line,
- front line,
- gas chamber,
- hash,
- havoc,
- hecatomb,
- holocaust,
- killing ground,
- landing beach,
- line,
- line of battle,
- mess,
- mix-up,
- muddle,
- mull,
- muss,
- occision,
- perdition,
- pigpen,
- pigsty,
- ravage,
- ruin,
- ruination,
- seat of war,
- slaughter,
- slaughterhouse,
- slaughtering,
- spoliation,
- stockyard,
- the front,
- theater,
- theater of operations,
- theater of war,
- undoing,
- vandalism,
- waste,
- wrack,
- wrack and ruin,
- wreck,
- zone of communications
- trunk line
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- a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly
- line that is the main route on a railway related words >
- L,
- WATS,
- WATS line,
- branch,
- cable,
- cable railway,
- co-ax,
- coaxial cable,
- cog railway,
- concentric cable,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- party line,
- private line,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- telegraph cable,
- telegraph line,
- telephone line,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- wire line
- party line
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- a telephone line serving two or more subscribers
- the policy of a political group; "He won in a vote along party lines" related words >
- WATS,
- WATS line,
- autarky,
- bimetallism,
- cable,
- co-ax,
- coaxial cable,
- concentric cable,
- economic self-sufficiency,
- free enterprise,
- free trade,
- governmentalism,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- line,
- localism,
- managed currency,
- noninterference,
- nonintervention,
- nullification,
- party principle,
- planned economy,
- policy,
- polity,
- position,
- price supports,
- private line,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- public policy,
- pump-priming,
- sectionalism,
- telegraph cable,
- telegraph line,
- telephone line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- wire line
- affiliation,
- apparentation,
- birth,
- blood,
- branch,
- breed,
- common ancestry,
- consanguinity,
- derivation,
- descent,
- direct line,
- distaff side,
- extraction,
- family,
- female line,
- filiation,
- house,
- line,
- line of descent,
- lineage,
- male line,
- phylum,
- race,
- seed,
- sept,
- side,
- spear side,
- spindle side,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- strain,
- succession,
- sword side
- L,
- branch,
- cable railway,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground
- main line
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- the principal route of a transportation system related words >
- L,
- branch,
- cable railway,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground
- railway
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- line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight related words >
- L,
- branch,
- cable railway,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- train,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground
- affiliation,
- air line,
- apparentation,
- axis,
- beeline,
- birth,
- blood,
- bloodline,
- branch,
- breed,
- chord,
- common ancestry,
- consanguinity,
- derivation,
- descent,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- directrix,
- distaff side,
- edge,
- extraction,
- family,
- female line,
- filiation,
- great-circle course,
- house,
- line,
- line of descent,
- lineage,
- male line,
- normal,
- perpendicular,
- phylum,
- race,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- right line,
- secant,
- seed,
- segment,
- sept,
- shortcut,
- side,
- spear side,
- spindle side,
- stem,
- stirps,
- stock,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- strain,
- streamline,
- succession,
- sword side,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- vector
- cable
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- a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
- a television system that transmits over cables
- a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
- a telegram sent abroad
- a nautical unit of depth
- send cables, wires, or telegrams
- fasten with a cable; "cable trees" related words >
- BX cable,
- Teletype,
- WATS,
- WATS line,
- armored cable,
- battery cable,
- bell wire,
- braid,
- brail,
- cablegram,
- chain,
- co-ax,
- coaxial cable,
- concentric cable,
- cord,
- day letter,
- electric cable,
- electric cord,
- fast telegram,
- flash,
- guy,
- hawser,
- highline,
- hookup wire,
- lead,
- ligament,
- ligation,
- ligature,
- line,
- mooring,
- night letter,
- party line,
- power line,
- private line,
- radio,
- radiogram,
- rope,
- send a wire,
- sign off,
- sign on,
- spun yarn,
- strand,
- string,
- telegram,
- telegraph,
- telegraph cable,
- telegraph line,
- telephone line,
- telex,
- tendon,
- thong,
- three-wire cable,
- transmission line,
- triaxial cable,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- twine,
- twist,
- underground cable,
- wire,
- wire line,
- yarn
- L,
- branch,
- cable railway,
- chevron,
- cog railway,
- crankiness,
- crookedness,
- dogleg,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- flexuosity,
- gravity-operated railway,
- hairpin,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- zag,
- zig,
- zigzag,
- zigzaggery
- beeline
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- the most direct route; "he made a beeline for the bathroom" related words >
- air line,
- axis,
- chord,
- cut,
- cutoff,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- edge,
- great-circle course,
- normal,
- perpendicular,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- right line,
- secant,
- segment,
- shortcut,
- shortest way,
- side,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- streamline,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- vector
- cold front
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- the front of an advancing mass of colder air related words >
- isotherm
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- (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time related words >
- air mass
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- a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally related words >
- tram
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- travel by tram related words >
- L,
- branch,
- cable railway,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric,
- electric car,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tramcar,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley,
- trolley car,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground
- trestle
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- sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- a supporting tower used to support a bridge related words >
- L,
- branch,
- buck,
- cable railway,
- clotheshorse,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sawbuck,
- sawhorse,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle and table,
- trestle board,
- trestle table,
- trestlework,
- trestling,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- workhorse
- Plimsoll line,
- Plimsoll mark,
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- load waterline,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- tidemark,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- waterline,
- watermark
- secant
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- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points related words >
- air line,
- axis,
- beeline,
- chiasmal,
- chiasmic,
- chiastic,
- chord,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- crosscut,
- crossed,
- crossing,
- cut across,
- decussate,
- decussated,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- edge,
- great-circle course,
- intersected,
- intersecting,
- normal,
- perpendicular,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- right line,
- segment,
- shortcut,
- side,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- streamline,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- vector
- spearhead
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- the head and sharpened point of a spear
- the leading military unit in an attack
- someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- be the leader of; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease" related words >
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- avant-garde,
- battle line,
- be the bellwether,
- beachhead,
- beacon,
- blaze the trail,
- break the ice,
- bridgehead,
- cutting edge,
- farthest outpost,
- first line,
- forefront,
- front,
- front line,
- front rank,
- front-runner,
- get ahead of,
- get before,
- go before,
- guide,
- have the start,
- head,
- head the line,
- initiate,
- lap,
- launch,
- lead,
- lead the dance,
- lead the way,
- light the way,
- line,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- outstrip,
- pace,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precede,
- precursor,
- railhead,
- scout,
- set the pace,
- stand first,
- take the initiative,
- take the lead,
- van,
- vanguard
- affiliation,
- animal kingdom,
- apparentation,
- birth,
- blood,
- bloodline,
- branch,
- breed,
- brood,
- clan,
- class,
- common ancestry,
- consanguinity,
- deme,
- derivation,
- descent,
- direct line,
- distaff side,
- extraction,
- family,
- female line,
- filiation,
- folk,
- gens,
- house,
- kind,
- line,
- line of descent,
- lineage,
- male line,
- matriclan,
- nation,
- order,
- patriclan,
- people,
- phratry,
- phyle,
- phylum,
- plant kingdom,
- race,
- seed,
- sept,
- side,
- spear side,
- species,
- spindle side,
- stem,
- stock,
- strain,
- succession,
- sword side,
- totem,
- tribe
- streamline
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- contour economically or efficiently related words >
- air line,
- axis,
- beeline,
- boil down,
- chord,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- distill,
- edge,
- great-circle course,
- modernize,
- narrow,
- normal,
- oversimplify,
- perpendicular,
- purify,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- refine,
- right line,
- secant,
- segment,
- shortcut,
- side,
- simplify,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- strip down,
- tangent,
- transversal,
- update,
- vector
- attend to orders,
- comply,
- conform,
- defer to,
- fall in with,
- fall into line,
- fit in,
- follow the book,
- follow the crowd,
- follow the fashion,
- follow the rule,
- get in line,
- go through channels,
- harken to,
- heed,
- keep,
- keep in step,
- listen to,
- mark,
- mind,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observe,
- pass muster,
- play the game,
- stay in line,
- submit,
- take orders,
- toe the line
- attend to orders,
- comply,
- conform,
- defer to,
- fall in with,
- fall into line,
- fit in,
- follow the book,
- follow the crowd,
- follow the fashion,
- follow the rule,
- get in line,
- go through channels,
- harken to,
- heed,
- keep,
- keep in step,
- listen to,
- mark,
- mind,
- obey,
- obey the rules,
- observe,
- pass muster,
- play the game,
- submit,
- take orders,
- toe the line,
- toe the mark
- isobar
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- (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time related words >
- air mass,
- anticyclone,
- artificial isotope,
- cold front,
- cold sector,
- cyclone,
- deuterium,
- front,
- heavy hydrogen,
- high,
- high-pressure area,
- isomer,
- isometric,
- isometric line,
- isopiestic line,
- isotherm,
- isothermal line,
- isotone,
- isotope,
- low,
- low-pressure area,
- nuclear isomer,
- occluded front,
- polar front,
- protium,
- radioactive isotope,
- radioisotope,
- squall line,
- stationary front,
- strontium 90,
- warm front,
- weather map,
- wind-shift line
- shortcut
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- a route shorter than the usual one related words >
- air lane,
- air line,
- axis,
- beat,
- beeline,
- bypass,
- chord,
- circuit,
- course,
- cut,
- cutoff,
- diagonal,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- edge,
- flight path,
- great-circle course,
- itinerary,
- line,
- normal,
- orbit,
- path,
- perpendicular,
- primrose path,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- right line,
- road,
- round,
- route,
- run,
- sea lane,
- secant,
- segment,
- shortest way,
- side,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- streamline,
- tangent,
- tour,
- track,
- trade route,
- traject,
- trajectory,
- trajet,
- transversal,
- vector,
- walk
- diagonal
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- (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry
- an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard; "the bishop moves on the diagonals"
- a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
- (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent
- at an angle; especially connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face; "a diagonal line across the page" related words >
- across,
- air line,
- athwart,
- axis,
- band,
- bar,
- beeline,
- bend,
- bendwise,
- bevel,
- beveled,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- chord,
- cross-hatching,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- dash,
- delineation,
- diameter,
- direct line,
- directrix,
- dotted line,
- edge,
- great-circle course,
- hachure,
- hairline,
- hatching,
- kittycorner,
- line,
- lineation,
- normal,
- oblique,
- oblique angle,
- oblique figure,
- oblique line,
- perpendicular,
- radius,
- radius vector,
- rhomboid,
- right line,
- score,
- scratch comma,
- secant,
- segment,
- separatrix,
- shortcut,
- side,
- slant,
- slanted,
- slanting,
- slash,
- solidus,
- straight,
- straight course,
- straight line,
- straight stretch,
- straightaway,
- streak,
- streaking,
- streamline,
- striation,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striping,
- stroke,
- sublineation,
- tangent,
- thwart,
- transversal,
- transverse,
- underline,
- underlining,
- underscore,
- underscoring,
- vector,
- virgule
- azimuth
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- the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian related words >
- Cartesian coordinates,
- abscissa,
- aim,
- altitude,
- aspect,
- attitude,
- bearing,
- bearings,
- bent,
- celestial navigation,
- compass bearing,
- compass direction,
- coordinates,
- course,
- current,
- cylindrical coordinates,
- dead reckoning,
- declination,
- direction,
- direction line,
- drift,
- equator coordinates,
- exposure,
- false horizon,
- fix,
- frontage,
- heading,
- helmsmanship,
- horizon,
- inclination,
- latitude,
- lay,
- lee side,
- lie,
- line,
- line of direction,
- line of march,
- line of position,
- longitude,
- magnetic bearing,
- navigation,
- ordinate,
- orientation,
- pilotage,
- piloting,
- point,
- polar coordinates,
- position,
- position line,
- quarter,
- radio bearing,
- range,
- relative bearing,
- right ascension,
- run,
- sea line,
- sensible horizon,
- set,
- skyline,
- steerage,
- steering,
- tack,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- track,
- trend,
- true bearing,
- vector,
- visible horizon,
- way,
- weather side
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bounding,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- circling-in,
- circumscribing,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- definition,
- demarcation,
- determinant,
- determination,
- division line,
- encincture,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- high-water mark,
- inclusion-exclusion,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- specification,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- time allotment,
- upper limit
- walking papers
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- (informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge related words >
- pep rally
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- a rally (especially of students) before a game related words >
- walk of life
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- archery
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- gunnery
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